Jeet Gannguli (, born Chandrajeet Ganguly, on 24 May 1977), is an

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score composer A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to e ...

of Bengali and Hindi movies.

Early life and education

Born in a

Bengali Brahmin The Bengali Brahmins are Hindu Brahmins who traditionally reside in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, currently comprising the Indian state of West Bengal and the country of Bangladesh. The Bengali Brahmins, along with Baidyas and ...

family, Gannguli was initiated into the world of music at the age of three. He was a student of

Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School (H.S.) (BRKMAHS; , ) is a senior secondary boys' school in the district North 24 Parganas of West Bengal, India. The school was founded in 1912, and is located at the northern outskirt of K ...

from where he completed his schooling. Later he graduated from the

University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate State university (India), state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered ...

. He is trained in Indian classical music under the guidance of his father Kali Ganguly and his pisima (father's sister) Shibani Roychowdhury. He studied western classical music, jazz and rock with jazz guitarist Carlton Kitto.

Career

Gannguli got his first break when

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was signed on to direct '' Tere Liye'' and he, in turn, signed on his friends Jeet Gannguli and

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as music composers. In 2002

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signed Gadhvi up to direct ''

Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai ''Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai'' () is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy directed by Sanjay Gadhvi and produced by Yash Chopra and Aditya Chopra under the banner Yash Raj Films. The film starred Uday Chopra, Tulip Joshi (in her debut), ...

'', for which the Gannguli-Pritam duo composed the music. He then started scoring music for Hindi and Bengali films, TV serials and Jingles.

Discography

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Suno Na Sangemarmar "Suno Na Sangemarmar" () is a romantic Music of Bollywood, Hindi song from the List of Bollywood films of 2014, 2014 Bollywood film, ''Youngistaan''. Composed by Sonith Peter George, the song is sung by Arijit Singh, with lyrics penned by Kausa ...

" from ''

Youngistaan ''Youngistaan'' () is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language political film directed by Syed Ahmad Afzal. It stars Jackky Bhagnani, Neha Sharma and Farooq Sheikh with Kayoze Irani appears in a special appearance and Boman Irani appears in a cameo appearan ...

'' * "Teri Khushboo" from '' Mr. X'' * "

Baatein Ye Kabhi Na "Baatein Yeh Kabhi Na" () is a song from ''Khamoshiyan'', a 2015 Indian romantic horror film. The male version of this song was sung by Arijit Singh and the female version of this song by Palak Muchhal. It was composed by Jeet Gannguli with ...

" from ''

Khamoshiyan ''Khamoshiyan'' (stylised as ''KHAMOSHIYAN'': Silences Have Secrets) () is a 2015 Indian romantic thriller horror film, written by Vikram Bhatt and directed by debutant, Karan Darra. Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt produced the film in associati ...

'' * "Chahun Main Ya Naa" from ''

Aashiqui 2 ''Aashiqui 2'' () is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language romantic musical drama film directed by Mohit Suri and produced by Mukesh Bhatt, Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar under the Vishesh Films and T-Series Films, with Mahesh Bhatt serving as pres ...

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Muskurane Muskurane () is a romantic Hindi song from the 2014 Bollywood film, '' CityLights''. Composed by Jeet Gannguli, the song is sung by Arijit Singh, with lyrics penned by Rashmi Singh. The music video of the track features actors Rajkummar Ra ...

" from '' CityLights'' * "Bol Naa Aar" from '' Dui Prithibi'' *'' Babloo Bachelor''

Awards and nominations

Bengali Cinema Awards

Hindi Cinema Awards

References

External links

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Jeet Ganguly first time working with Pandit Ajoy Chakroborty in a Bengali film Bhorer Allo produced by Green Pigeon Movies
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